New Delhi, July 2
Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was today given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post Railway bribery scandal in which the agency filed a chargesheet against his nephew Vijay Singla and suspended Board Member Mahesh Kumar along with eight others for graft and other charges.

CBI sources said they have concluded this case and did not find "prosecutable evidence" against Bansal, who had to resign as Railway Minister after the alleged involvement of his nephew surfaced in the bribery scandal. The agency had grilled Bansal for nearly six hours in connection with the case.

No more chargesheet would be filed in this case in which Singla was arrested for allegedly taking Rs 89.68 lakh as part payment of Rs 10 crore promised bribe from Kumar, the agency said. The special CBI court is likely to take cognisance of the chargesheet tomorrow.

The chargesheet was filed before special CBI Judge Swarna Kanta Sharma naming Mahesh Kumar; Vijay Singla; middlemen Sandeep Goyal, Samir Sandhir, Sushil Daga, Ajay Garg, Rahul Yadav; Bangalore-based GG Tronics India Private Limited managing director Narayan Rao Manjunath, and his two aides — CV Venugopal of Bangalore and MV Murali Krishan of Vijayawada. The two couriers who delivered the bribe amount have not been named.